Two losers from Milwaukee, Coop and Remer, invent a new game combining basketball with the rules of baseball. When the game becomes a huge success, they, along with a billionaire's help, form the Professional Baseketball League where everyone gets the same pay and no team can change cities. When a rival owner wants to institute major rule changes, Coop and Remer's team is the only one standing in the way.
BASEketball has generally received positive reviews.
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BASEketball was released in 1998 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 537 reviews, giving BASEketball (1998) an average rating of 62%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 75%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 49%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with BASEketball than critics were.
With a score of 62%, BASEketball is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1998, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 1998 with similar scores include films like Armageddon, Lethal Weapon 4 and Wild Things.
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